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Kyiv Was Powerful Capital City in the 9th Century Already: Vikings...
Soviet renowned Academician Borys Rybakov in his groundbreaking monograph the Handicrafts of Ancient Rus (1948), demonstrated the economic superiority of Kyiv Rus to contemporary...
Iranians are Ukrainians, a recent DNA study shows
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Kyiv Rus’ Influence on Czech, Bohemia Jewelry Ornamentation: 10th-century Rhyton with...
“The second bullhorn from the Black Barrow, embossed and engraved, is of a completely different nature. Its silver mount is completely covered with a...
Ukrainian Language is Ancient, Chess-Elegant, LEGO-Logical, – an American Linguistic Professor
American professor John McWhorter, who teaches linguistics at Columbia University, published a study that caused a sensation in the scientific world. Having studied over 200...
10th-century Rus’ Helmet from Chernihiv Black Barrow: Assyrian prototype?
“The "Gifts of the East," which appeared in large quantities in the Rus’ regions in the 7th and 8th centuries, are not limited to...
10th-century Rhyton from Chernihiv Black Barrow: Local and Indo-Iranian ornamentation motifs
“The famous silver mounting of a bull's horn from Chernaya Mogila is a magnificent example of flat embossing. A unique example of 10th-century...
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Name ‘Ukraine’ originally meant ‘Fortified Defence’?
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The Rus raided Spain’s Seville in 844 AD arriving on boats....
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Monument to legendary founders of Kyiv
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Yin-Yang symbol originated in the area of present-day Ukraine
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Putin strikingly resembles Satan in Medieval Religious Works
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Scythian Funeral Cart from Alexandropol Kurgan
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Open Letter from Ukrainian Soldier to Americans
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Ukraine’s Snake (Zmiiny) Island Is Where Achilles Supposedly Went Mad and...
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Trump blaming Ukraine for starting the war with Russia is akin...
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Catherine II brought German Mennonites to Ukraine. A century later they...
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Taras Shevchenko Memorial in Washington, DC
The monument of Taras Shevchenko, 19th century Ukrainian poet and fighter for the independence of Ukraine and the freedom of all mankind, who under...








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